NCAA Football: UCLA at Washington (Image Source: IMAGN)
The UCLA Bruins faced a familiar foe in an unfamiliar conference as they traveled to Seattle to take on the Washington Huskies for the first time as Big Ten Conference rivals. The Bruins enter Week 12 with a 4-5 record and a 3-4 mark in conference play. UCLA has rattled off three straight wins and is coming off a 20-17 upset win over Iowa last week.
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The Huskies, meanwhile, are coming into Friday night's matchup with a 5-5 record and an identical 3-4 record in Big Ten matchups. Washington is coming off a 35-6 blowout loss at the hands of Penn State in their last time out. The Huskies can become bowl-eligible with a win on Friday.
Here are the stats, box scores and game summaries from this Week 12 Big Ten showdown:
After an 11-minute scoring drought to open the first quarter, Washington broke the tie with a 15-yard touchdown scamper from Jonah Coleman to give the Huskies a 7-0 lead entering the second quarter. UCLA responded on their ensuing drive with a 28-yard field goal, cutting the lead to 7-3 in the opening minutes of the second quarter.
Washington forced a fumble and capitalized with a touchdown pass from Will Rogers to Keleki Latu, extending their lead to 14-3. UCLA answered before the half, marching 65-yard in ten plays with a touchdown pass from Ethan Garbers to Kwazi Gilmer to cut the lead to 14-10 entering halftime.
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UCLA got things going in the second half with a 40-yard field goal to bring the score to 14-13. Washington broke a 10-minute scoring drought in the third quarter with a field goal of their own, extending their lead to 17-13 going into the final period.
Washington scored 14 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, with a touchdown reception from Decker DeGraf followed up by a Jonah Coleman touchdown run, extending their lead to 31-13 with under two minutes left.
UCLA mustered one final touchdown drive to bring the final score to 31-19 with Washington coming out on top.
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Ethen Hutton is an analyst who works for Sportskeeda, covering College Football, the NFL, the NBA and the WNBA. Ethen graduated high school with academic and athletic honors and is a member of the National High School Honors Society. After a gap year, Ethen jumped into sports writing and has over two years of experience in the field.
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